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Jennie
November 27, 2025

Reading List by Jennie (Recent and Not-So-Recent)

JennieBook ReviewsHistory / mystery / non-fiction / Reading lists / SuspenseComments Off on Reading List by Jennie (Recent and Not-So-Recent)

Bad Date by Ellery Lloyd This was a punchy little short story that probably doesn’t hold up under much scrutiny. I don’t usually (ever) read short suspense stories, so this was something different – I believe it was an Amazon freebie. It starts with the recording of a podcast with ... more >

Red background with a subtle dark stripe with the title in black modern font in the across the centre in two lines, the "the" slightly to the left. Underneath the title is the barrel of a gun coming from the right and smoke coming from the end of the barrell which wafts up into a cream silhouette of a woman's face. The author's name is in smaller, white narrow font across the bottom of the cover.
October 20, 2025

REVIEW: The Librarians by Sherry Thomas

JennieB+ Reviews / Book ReviewsLibraries / mystery8 Comments

Sometimes a workplace isn’t just a workplace but a place of safety, understanding, and acceptance. And sometimes murder threatens the sanctity of that beloved refuge…. In the leafy suburbs of Austin, Texas, a small branch library welcomes the public every day of the week. But the patrons who love the ... more >

Illustrated cover in murky blues and greens showing a spooky Gothic house with yellowed light in the windows and two white gentlemen wearing suits running from it.
October 8, 2025

REVIEW: All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsGothic / Historical / m/m romance / murder / mystery / NetGalley / queer6 Comments

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Dear KJ Charles, Most of the Wyckham family are not what one might call shining examples of humanity – except for Zebedee (Zeb) Wyckham. He tries to avoid his family wherever possible and for good reason. Zeb has what we would now call ADHD although there was no diagnosis in ... more >

October 1, 2025

REVIEW: Everyone a Stranger by Kevin O’Brien

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / espionage / found family / Historical fiction / mystery / Seattle / single mother / Thriller/Suspense / War / MilitaryComments Off on REVIEW: Everyone a Stranger by Kevin O’Brien

Washington D.C., 1943: Virginia Abrams believed the war had taken all it could from her when her husband was killed at Guadalcanal. One year later, she’s in a dark, unexpected quandary—pregnant and on the run to avoid a ruthless political family that wants to erase all connections between her and ... more >

September 22, 2025

REVIEW: Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / grief / mystery / neighborsComments Off on REVIEW: Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson

Nothing brings neighbors together like someone else’s secrets… At Shelley House, the walls have ears, and they’re attached to a ragtag duo of busybodies ready to pry, snoop, and generally annoy their neighbors into solving a crime. Seventy-seven-year-old Dorothy Darling has lived in Shelley House longer than any of the ... more >

September 8, 2025

REVIEW: 6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk

JennieB- Reviews / Book Reviewslocked room mystery / mystery / Suspense / thriller11 Comments

No WiFi, no distractions. No way out… Agatha’s husband has bought her a first-class ticket on the scenic six-hour train from Toronto to Montreal as a gift?a one-day writing retreat so she can get some serious work done on her new book, a highly-anticipated follow-up to Agatha’s runaway bestseller debut ... more >

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